Honest answer? Because I was using an old script I had for something else that was more geared towards thumbnails and I just migrated it over, completely overlooked that fact.
Just bare in mind the entire site is a hobby/side project - it'll be rough especially in these first days. I do appreciate you mentioning this though, completely overlooked that!
Comment in Feedback 06/05/2026 04:05 — Anonymous: "YouAreMyGod"
Thank god somebody is starting a project. Will you also add Torrent/magnet and ddl? Maybe extracted audio also? Thank you so much
Comment in Feedback 06/05/2026 02:23 — Anonymous: "Kami-sama"
No, he means groups of hobbyists and fans, writing blogs and sharing their ideas and information and expertise. Making money from the web didn't even occur to anyone back then. And if for instance you were into fishing, or golf or whatever, a search engine would bring up hobbyist blogs, that almost always would have decent information, as they were simply sharing what they knew. No one was copying each other as there was no point to duplicating another's blog as there was no money to be gained from clicks.
People's websites, pages and blogs often had links to the stuff they were interested in, they had no reason to keep you tied to their site, thus was the phenomena of "Surfing the net" just following links that bloggers and so on thought were cool enough to share.
If you were around then you'd get it, the only people who need this explained to them are zoomers and people who got into the web after smartphones and social media.
Comment in Feedback 06/05/2026 01:55 — Anonymous: "The Fighting Temeraire"
animetosho closing down is yet another nail in the coffin of the web as it was supposed to be.
By that I mean the Internet before it was monetized and optimized for smartphones. Back when retards like us made stuff on the net because it was fun and for why not. Media being shared in the same spirit as you'd lend a vid or cd to a friend
This site, like the spirit of the old internet, will be sorely missed
Thank you, sir. Most back then didn't even realize if they left my files in their torrent client client all the files fell in the same folder. I set the way for a bunch of other groups to do things but they will never admit it. I have no issue with it but have noticed how things have changed over my time.
Sure, I'll ask you for your advice in the future as will everyone else here.... Also how old are my releases? Times change unlike your BS. My "old" releases still have seeds, can you say that about yours?
Comment in Feedback 06/05/2026 00:32 — Anonymous: "Anonymus"
I had one bad release out of all I did and it was just the subs. Please post it and the others you think are bad. Name a group who never had a bad one.
EDIT: I'm 78 this year and I have better things to do than give the anime I like in dual as I have great grands to have fun with..
Just saw your releases on Nyaa and the Anon above you is right. Your releases are bad and full of mistakes no wonder people don't remember you. It's not surprising you quit releasing.
Thank you very much for the hard work and excellent service over all these years. It's no easy task keeping a ship like this running for so long so we completely understand why sunsetting it was inevitable. We're rather impressed it's been live for so long. We briefly tested and used an ambitious replacement service but the costs were just too high to justify its continuation so it too met its inevitable end. Bravo on making AnimeTosho possible for all these years.
We've said before we really appreciate that the subtitles and attachments of old and forgotten releases have been archived and preserved and we're further grateful that you plan to package that data and release it to the public. Hopefully someone makes it easily accessible but we wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't happen. Nevertheless, we thank you for the generosity and dedication to making it easy for the next person to pick up the pieces.
We wish you the best of luck in your next venture.
Just want to say, after all this time, keeping your site yours and keeping it it clean - from ads, tracking, and all the other bs going on with the web now days - has been great to see. And while it is sad to see you go, I appreciate everything you've done and wish you all the best!
Been working on my own site in the wake of the news. https://aninzb.moe It's nothing fancy, just want to pick up where you're leaving off, not that I'll be able to do as much as you have done. But it's a start, right?
This one, it was on Anime Tosho Shutdown Update page. It looks like they just started at March and trying to replace Animetosho.
It's not finish though and not sure how much it's going to compare to AT but the fact they are trying to do it is something like this should be praise for. Hopefully they can do it. Keeping my fingers cross.
Thanks for direct links and attachments, I just want you to know that you've helped many fansubs by providing those. Your site will be always be remembered by everyone even after it's gone. Good luck!
The way AT is set visually is perfect. If you make it real fancy then speed of loading etc will be hampered. This (AT) is the fastest of all the sites I frequent.
"it will be more visual type site" Like many important things, first get it up. Anime Tosho 2 or II would help you gain immediate traffic. Get fancy after you got it working like Anime Tosho as much as possible. If you must have adds, please allow option to turn them off or allow blockers.
Good luck
Comment in Feedback 05/05/2026 18:24 — Anonymous: "2026q1 - Aki"
The end is near. I never expect that this site will be closed so soon, we're just a few days away from not being able to download airing shows. Nevertheless, I'm glad I found this website by accident. I've been downloading anime here for over a year and I'm really sad to see it go. Thank you for the service o7.
Comment in Feedback 05/05/2026 18:02 — Anonymous: "Recreating this site"
Yeah I am trying to 😅 , I am confused what to name it , it will be more visual type site , I will try to keep simple as animetoho
I'm not the one "crying" I easily torrent. What I will miss about this site is the one-stop shopping. But I can use the backup sites which are slower to browse.
Comment in Feedback 05/05/2026 17:32 — Anonymous: "Anonymoose"
Keep crying about it more. Your tears taste delicious. If a donation button would save this site, which it won't, I would contribute.
With a seedbox and VPN I can torrent anything that I currently want. IRC was great but currently sites are going down for various reasons. IMHO, the anon above you just doesn't want to pay for anything (a true pirate).
06/05/2026 04:15 — Anonymous: "guy"